Karl Lagerfeld

Who buys French cars? Not me.

— Karl Lagerfeld

Personally, I don't wear fur.

— Karl Lagerfeld

The purpose of life is life.

— Karl Lagerfeld

I'm not a fortune-teller.

— Karl Lagerfeld

Think pink, but don't wear it.

— Karl Lagerfeld

I hate the past - especially my own past.

— Karl Lagerfeld

Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently

— Karl Lagerfeld

Evolution is the secret for the next step.

— Karl Lagerfeld

I design like I breathe. You don't ask to breathe. It just happens

— Karl Lagerfeld

I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know.

— Karl Lagerfeld

I'm surrounded by young and beautiful people. I hate looking at ugliness.

— Karl Lagerfeld

Don't look to the approval of others for your mental stability

— Karl Lagerfeld

You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur

— Karl Lagerfeld

I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.

— Karl Lagerfeld

Some models who aren't the most beautiful end up becoming the greatest of all time.

— Karl Lagerfeld

I am not a second option person. It is that or nothing. If it is not the way I see it I…

— Karl Lagerfeld

That’s why I sleep alone. My hair is curly, and that’s why I have my ponytail. I look like a madman, like…

— Karl Lagerfeld

I am a completely different person when I am working on different collections.

— Karl Lagerfeld

There was a moment when designers draped in ermine would be reading Proust, or pretending to.

— Karl Lagerfeld

Bling is over. Red carpet covered with rhinestones is out. I call it 'the new modesty.'

— Karl Lagerfeld

I'm open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over.

— Karl Lagerfeld

I'm not a social person. Not that I'm not at ease. I'm pretty good, but it bores me. Not the people, but…

— Karl Lagerfeld

My innocence didn't always help me, but it did preserve something in me that maybe others don't have anymore. I'm inside my…

— Karl Lagerfeld

Yes, and I can sit down on a white piece of paper and work because I don't believe too much into inspiration,…

— Karl Lagerfeld

Those social networks, there's something sad about them. Is it because they don't have enough knowledge about friends and people? I don't…

— Karl Lagerfeld

Be politically correct, but please don't bother other people with conversation about being politically correct, because that's the end of everything. You…

— Karl Lagerfeld

The secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You…

— Karl Lagerfeld

Lana del Rey is not bad at all. She looks very much like a modern-time singer. In her photos she is beautiful.…

— Karl Lagerfeld

I think it's very important what young people see in pictures or on TV or in magazines. Drugs, violence, anorexia. All of…

— Karl Lagerfeld

Music is part of the life of fashion, too.

— Karl Lagerfeld

One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.

— Karl Lagerfeld

When I was four, I asked my mother for a valet for my birthday.

— Karl Lagerfeld

The importance of logo into today's fashion is un! be! Lievable!

— Karl Lagerfeld

The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.

— Karl Lagerfeld

People can drink with their eyes; I can eat with my nose.

— Karl Lagerfeld

My only ambition in life . . . is to wear size 28 jeans.

— Karl Lagerfeld

Doing collections, doing fashion is like a non-stop dialogue.

— Karl Lagerfeld

My opinion can be completely different after a show.

— Karl Lagerfeld

I don't like the Pippa Middleton's face. She should only show her back.

— Karl Lagerfeld

Don't overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work.

— Karl Lagerfeld